President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday October 19,2022 rounded off his four -day tour of the Ashanti Region with the inspection of some ongoing projects.
The projects include the Agenda 111 hospital at Trede and a yam and other road projects including the upgrading of the 14.65 killometres Santasi Apre-Ampabame feeder road. The president also inspected the 100 bed capacity Trauma Hospital at Obuasi.
Briefing the President and his entourage on the project, Consultant for Masuab Consult Limited Mr Osei Tutu who’s working on the hospital said the project is 30 per cent completed
Upon completion, the asphalted road is expected to be an alternative route for motorists and commuters to and from three administrative districts including Atwima Kwanwoma.
The Contractor took President Akufo-Addo through the scopes of work, progress of work and also indicated that the company is working towards meeting the August 2023 timeline.
The Consulting Engineer of Kofi Kofi Construction Company, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, who is also a former Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways during President Akufo-Addo’s first term, told GBC News that, with regular fund releases by the government, the company will ensure that the project is completed and delivered before moving out of site.
President Akufo-Addo, accompanied by some Ministers of State including the Minister for Roads and Highways, Akwasi Amoako Atta, also inspected progress of work on the 30-kilometre Anwiankwanta-Obuasi road.
The project entails a single lane from Anwiankwanta to the outskirt of the Obuasi West Municipality before it is expanded into a dual carriage to the Traffic Light intersection.
He made a whistle-stop to interact with the traditional leaders and the residents to assure them of his government’s commitment to complete the road construction which is now said to be about 80 percent complete.
He assured the president that, the project will strictly follow the completion schedule.
About the Hospital
Construction on the Obuasi Trauma Hospital followed immediately after the sod cutting by President Akuffo Addo on, 4th October 2021.
The Hospital is being facilitated by a €55 million facility acquired by the Akufo-Addo government, which will also be used to remodel and construct three projects, namely Atiwa East Hospital at Anyinam, rehabilitation of the existing Obuasi Government Hospital, and re-modelling of the Enyiresi Hospital.
The Obuasi Municipal Trauma Hospital project is to be undertaken by Universal Hospital Group (UHG), a 100%-owned Ghanaian company, and will consist of an Emergency Department with a Triage; three (3) operating theatres, recovery rooms, resuscitation rooms, plaster room, a diagnostics centre to include a CT scan, X-ray, fluoroscopy, laboratory and a blood bank.
In addition, it will include an Outpatient Department, including pharmacy and consulting rooms, public health department, medical administration, 100-beds in total for in-patient wards including a trauma and orthopedic ward, 30-beds for other interventions requiring temporary stay, staff housing and a mortuary.
Satisfaction
President Akufo-Addo expressed satisfaction with the project and pledged the government’s support to Universal Hospital Group to ensure successful operations.
“The company is doing an excellent job and the government will give it the necessary support to grow,” he said.
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr. Amoako Atta also said upon completion of the Kokoben-Anwiankwa stretch of the road into a dual carriage, the entire neighborhood will be opened up to attract investors while reducing traveling time for the users.
The next port of call for President Akufo-Addo was the site of the Atwima Kwanwoma District Hospital of the government’s flagship health infrastructural project code-named ‘Agenda 111’.
The Tr3d3 Hospital is the foremost of all such projects since that was where the President symbolically broke the grounds for commencement of construction of all the hospitals in the country in September last year.
The project is being executed by three different local construction firms namely Reliance, NICKSETH and RikAir companies.
He was briefed about the progress of work by the project Consultant. The last place of visit was the site of the Accident and Trauma Hospital located at Bidiem (pronounced as in inside charcoal) in the Obuasi West Municipality.
President Akufo-Addo was informed that total work done is about 35 percent and that steps are being taken to ensure that the project completion date of 2023 is met.
On completion, the hospital, the first of its kind in the Ashanti region to cater for emergency medical cases, will have an Emergency and Trauma Centre, Pediatric Wards with residential accommodations for some of the key employees.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/Jacob Agyenim Boateng
